Tariffs have been in the news almost daily. Not only have tariff rates changed repeatedly, but the deadlines around implementation are subject to change. Meanwhile, the list of new commodities that are subject to additional…
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/ Criminal Law, Government Contracting, International Law & Trade
On June 24, 2025, the Wisconsin Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the authority of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) to compel the cleanup of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) substances under…
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/ Administrative Law, Environmental Law
In a landmark decision, a federal district court in Texas struck down nearly all of the 2024 amendments to the HIPAA Privacy Rule, known as the Reproductive Health Privacy Rule (the “Rule”), ruling that the Department of Health…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Privacy
Federal government contracts and grants require contractors to certify the delivery of domestic end products unless an exception applies. Domestic preference rules include the Buy American Act (BAA) and Trade Agreements Act…
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/ Administrative Law, Construction Law, Government Contracting, International Law & Trade
On June 18, 2025 the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued an interim final rule that amends Regulation B to extend the compliance deadline dates set forth in the small business lending data collection rule required…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
After decisive victories by Republicans at both the state and federal level in the 2024 general election, political prognosticators and pundits alike in Minnesota declared universally that the 2025 Minnesota legislature would be…
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/ Elections & Politics, Health, Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law, Taxation
On May 1, 2025, the Minneapolis City Council unanimously approved amendments to the city’s Civil Rights Ordinance, including the addition of anti-discrimination protections for height and weight in business, educational…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
The SEC has withdrawn proposed rules captioned “Substantial Implementation, Duplication, and Resubmission of Shareholder Proposals Under Exchange Act Rule 14a-8. In conjunction therewith the SEC announced “The Commission does…
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/ Administrative Law, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
On Wednesday, May 28, the U.S. Tax Court ruled in Soroban Capital Partners LP v. Commissioner that a "functional analysis" test applies when determining whether a limited partner who contributes services to a partnership may…
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/ Business Organizations, Taxation
As this year’s legislative session is wrapping up, two states, Virginia and Oklahoma, enacted legislation to reform their laws related to surcharges. May 2, 2025, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed Senate Bill 1212 to amend the…
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/ Commercial Law & Contracts, Consumer Protection, Finance & Banking
On May 15, 2025, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury (the “Departments”) issued a statement of non-enforcement (the “Statement”) announcing that they will not enforce the 2024 Final Rule under the…
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/ Administrative Law, Health, Insurance, Labor & Employment Law
On May 20, 2025, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that the 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection window is now open. The timeframe for covered employers to file the report is shorter than in…
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/ Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
The SEC announced today that it will host a roundtable on June 26, 2025, to discuss executive compensation disclosure requirements. The roundtable’s agenda and speakers will be disclosed at a later date…
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/ Business Organizations, Securities Law
Most major universities have developed extremely lucrative business empires by exploiting the use of their trademarks and trade dress on apparel and merchandise, among other things. They have done so on the theory that the…
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/ Art, Entertainment, & Sports Law, Consumer Protection, Intellectual Property
Amongst the issues discussed in a Delaware Chancery Court opinion in a case captioned In re Plug Power Inc. Stockholder Derivative Litigation, was whether SEC comment letters formed a basis for a Caremark Claim…
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/ Business Organizations, Commercial Law & Contracts, Finance & Banking, Securities Law
